I nearly lost my life to a close cousin of MRSA a few years ago. You said that it was an infection — did they say it was “MRSA”? There is a big difference. You can have a bad infection and it not be MRSA. I concur with the above posters. If it is MRSA you can’t mess around with it.
I had some chigger bites on my leg that got infected. Once the infection went deep it spread like crazy. I woke up one morning and my legs were huge with fluid. It spread all over my back, chest, neck. Even maximum-strength antibiotics had little effect. I got some oil of oregano and within a few days the infection was beaten back.
Desitin diaper rash cream is known to fight MRSA, at least when it is spreading on the skin. The “Maximum Strength” thick kind is 40% zinc oxide. The itching can go away in a few minutes. Others have had some success with it, too.
But it sounds like your son is past the point where home remedies will do. We need to pray that you can get him to a doctor or ER.
In the meantime:
1. Have him stay away from ALL sugar. MRSA feeds off sugar. Someone with MRSA can eat something sweet and within minutes the itching will get worse and spread.
2. Have him get PLENTY OF SLEEP. This is so important! The human body repairs itself when we sleep. He absolutely must get a lot of sleep. Take it from personal experience! You can tell when you aren’t getting sleepy because, if you’ve had MRSA, it can come back if you get too tired.
The pharmacist said that the cream that was prescribed was for MRSA, I guess on the script, it said it was for MRSA.
I will get him in to his appointment tomorrow with his primary care doc and beg of them to refer him or have him admitted if this would be the right plan for him. I will tell him in the morning that sugar makes the pain worse and he needs to stay away from it and that he needs to try to sleep much more than he has been. It wont be easy, but I will be insistant!
Thankful that you made it through alright...the world would have been a less nice place without you in it! Thank you for the prayers for my boy!
Do you have any home recipes for a good bug repellent? I hate to go out in the garden these days because the gnats, chiggers, biting flies, and probably even ticks lie in wait for me.
I have tried Cutter’s and OFF, but they only seem to make matters worse.
Thank you in advance.